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2012 Defensive Leaders

Season

Stats

Rank	Player	Team	GP	Tkl	Ast	Total	Sack	Yds	PD	Int	Yds	TD	FF	FR	Yds	TD	Sfty
1.	Malcolm Smith, LB	SEA	12	9	8	17	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2.	Alterraun Verner, CB	TEN	16	59	18	77	0	0	9	2	11	0	1	1	72	1	0
3.	Wallace Gilberry, DE	CIN	14	15	9	24	6.5	48	0	0	0	0	1	3	31	1	0
4.	Jonathan Babineaux, DT	ATL	15	25	6	31	3.5	16	5	1	-2	0	1	1	15	1	0
5.	Josh Wilson, DB	WAS	16	54	20	74	1	12	13	2	8	0	3	2	30	1	0
6.	Morris Claiborne, CB	DAL	15	43	12	55	0	0	8	1	0	0	1	2	50	1	0
7.	Julian Edelman, WR	NEP	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	1	0
8.	Edgar Jones, LB	KCC	7	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0
9.	Janoris Jenkins, CB	STL	15	64	9	73	0	0	14	4	150	3	0	1	2	1	0
10.	Tony Carter, CB	DEN	12	20	4	24	0	0	12	2	55	1	0	1	65	1	0
11.	Dont'a Hightower, LB	NEP	14	43	17	60	4	21	3	0	0	0	0	2	6	1	0
12.	Mike Daniels, DE	GBP	8	12	0	12	2	11	1	0	0	0	0	2	43	1	0
13.	Steve Gregory, S	NEP	11	31	6	37	0	0	5	3	50	0	2	2	30	1	0
14.	Jason Hatcher, DE	DAL	16	27	24	51	4	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
15.	Muhammad Wilkerson, DL	NYJ	16	38	32	70	5	25	4	0	0	0	3	1	21	1	0
16.	Carlos Rogers, CB	SFO	15	50	6	56	1	7	7	1	63	0	0	3	63	1	0
17.	Zack Bowman, CB	CHI	9	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
18.	Shaun Phillips, LB	DEN	16	33	17	50	9.5	64	3	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	0
19.	Jordan Pugh, SS	WAS	11	11	2	13	1	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20.	Nolan Carroll, CB	MIA	13	41	6	47	1	5	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
21.	Javier Arenas, CB	ARI	16	52	7	59	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
22.	Crezdon Butler, CB	BUF	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23.	Kendrick Lewis, DB	KCC	9	24	2	26	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24.	Daryl Washington, LB	ARI	16	108	26	134	9	51	2	1	7	0	2	1	3	0	0
25.	Robert McClain, CB	ATL	14	48	7	55	0	0	10	1	32	0	0	2	28	0	0
26.	R.J. Stanford, CB	MIA	12	12	3	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27.	Phillip Adams, DB	OAK	14	10	2	12	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28.	Brandon Spikes, LB	NEP	14	56	35	91	1	2	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
29.	Josh Gordy, CB	IND	9	12	3	15	1	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30.	Jacob Cutrera, LB	TBB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31.	Josh Hull, LB	STL	5	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32.	Austin Spitler, LB	MIA	6	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33.	Stevie Brown, S	NYG	16	56	10	66	0	0	11	8	307	0	2	1	9	0	0
34.	Dominique Franks, CB	ATL	16	11	3	14	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35.	Ricardo Mathews, DT	IND	10	7	6	13	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36.	Sean Lissemore, DE	DAL	10	15	20	35	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37.	T.J. Ward, DB	CLE	14	50	18	68	1	10	4	1	37	0	3	0	0	0	0
38.	Eugene Sims, DE	STL	11	14	5	19	3	22	1	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
39.	Nate Allen, FS	PHI	13	56	13	69	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40.	Kam Chancellor, SS	SEA	16	69	22	91	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
41.	Morgan Burnett, S	GBP	16	87	35	122	2	25	5	2	1	0	2	1	0	0	0
42.	A.J. Jefferson, DB	MIN	11	33	3	36	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	-2	0	0
43.	Devin McCourty, CB	NEP	16	60	19	79	0	0	13	5	53	0	1	0	0	0	0
44.	Jerome Murphy, CB	WAS	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
45.	Kyle Wilson, CB	NYJ	15	41	7	48	0	0	4	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	0
46.	Patrick Robinson, CB	NOS	16	52	11	63	1	9	18	3	99	1	1	0	0	0	0
47.	Walter Thurmond, CB	SEA	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
48.	Amari Spievey, S	DET	5	15	3	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
49.	Barry Church, S	DAL	3	3	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
50.	Kurt Coleman, FS	PHI	14	67	22	89	0	0	4	2	13	0	1	0	0	0	0

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